What does a closer look at the state budget tell us about dangerous media tendencies?

From a post on our sister site, The Desert Lamp:

“The authors of this site continue to be perplexed by the lukewarm attitude that more renowned news sites maintain towards primary source documents. Although there are exceptions to this rule (the Garcia emails in particular come to mind), most journalistic entities have not taken full advantage, opting instead to play their role as public interpreter even as the legitimacy of that role has been thrown into question.

This is especially a shame in the case of Governor Brewer’s proposed FY 2011 budget (see how easy that was?), which prides itself on being “specific and detailed.” And for once, political PR flack holds true  – the 214 page budget is an easy-to-use, cross-linked document, that offers among the most comprehensive, mind-blowing views of the modern state in recent memory.